For those Google PM candidates who make it to the on-site interviews, Google will ask technical questions focused on either system design, algorithms, or technical trivia. You'll find the technical topics recommended in my 2-week Product Management Interview Plan helpful. For those of you who aren't interviewing at Google, Facebook, or Amazon -- you'll also find the 2-week PM interview plan helpful in providing a comprehensive list of study topics and keeping your preparation on track.

There's one individual who did 100+ mock interviews; he landed a PM offer at Google.

Who to Practice With

Does it matter if you pair up with experienced or inexperienced PM candidates?

According to one community member, who landed a PM job at Facebook, she learned something from everyone she practiced with: young and old.

So don't waste time trying to find the perfect partner.

Just do it.

New to the PM Interview?

If you're new, you might feel more comfortable shadowing someone who's doing a mock interview. The PM interview community is very friendly, so ask if you can listen and observe.

Some folks want privacy, so that's okay too. In that case, simply get a copy of Decode & Conquer. It'll introduce you to question types & provide frameworks on how to answer each one. And reading the sample answers will give you the over-the-shoulder glance of how an interview response might unfold. You can read those sample answers anywhere, anytime. No permission necessary.

be courageous

You may feel awkward about doing mock interviews.

You might also find it impossible to conjure interview answers that are on par with the sample answers in Decode and Conquer or The Product Manager Interview.

You wouldn't be the first the feel that way.

So muster that courage 🏋️. Be comfortable with learning & failure.

Who knows? After your 50th or 75th mock interview session, your answers may consistently be on par or even surpass the sample answers in my books. If so, email me. You might be someone I'd like to partner with on my next venture.

I've made many of my product manager interview resources available for free on the web.

There's one item that's coveted more than anything else: my Google Spreadsheet that recommends topics to study and exercises to do for:

Product design questions

Metrics questions

Estimation questions

Lifetime value questions

Behavioral interview questions

Technical questions

New market entry

Go-to-market strategy

It also includes links to my two company specific guides: a 30-day study guide for Google PM interviews and a 30-day study guide for Amazon PM interviews. (I do have a 30-day study guide for Facebook PM interviews, in my book The Product Manager interview.)